{"product_id":"maiden-voyage-9781476747729","title":"Maiden Voyage","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat begins as the sheer desire for adventure turns into a spiritual quest as a young woman comes to terms with her family, her dreams, and her first love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTania Aebi was an unambitious eighteen-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere--until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a twenty-six-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she'd have to sail around the world--alone. She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home. With only her cat as companion, she discovered the wondrous beauties of the Great Barrier Reef and the death-dealing horrors of the Red Sea. She suffered through a terrifying collision with a tanker in the Mediterranean and a lightning storm off the coast of Gibraltar. And, ultimately, what began with the sheer desire for adventure turned into a spiritual quest as Tania came to terms with her troubled family life, fell in love for the first time, and--most of all--confronted her own needs, desires, dreams, and goals. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAebi, Tania:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTania Aebi\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling author who, in 1985, became the youngest woman to sail around the world alone. Her book \u003ci\u003eMaiden Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e has been published in eight countries.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726224527634,"sku":"9781476747729","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_779a491c-e11d-4cfc-afad-6265bac86095.jpg?v=1734859578","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maiden-voyage-9781476747729","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}